GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

[yonu]

hey guys I need some help I went to change my server over form the tower it was into a nice new 2u case however several of the caps are blown and a couple of them are short caps tha tare 6.3v however i can't make out the uf rating the first number is cut in half I can make out 200uf but it look like there should be a number in front of it any help would be great

Thanks,
yonu

[kc8adu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

post pics.
i am running one right in front of me.
mine had all the choyo 330@25 blown up.
i did a total recap as the rest were all ost.

[yonu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

here is a pic the ones with the red dots are the ones I need to know

I will try to post the image a bit later the forum won't let me upload it and the system the board is from is my webserver lol

Thanks again

[yonu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

ok here is the pic

[gdement]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

What happened to all your PCI slots? Weird looking board.

[yonu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

turns out they made 2 version of the board one for servers one for desktops twehn i ordered it a couple yrs ago they had the pic of the destop version when i got it it was that one I had thought about adding them but haven't felt like soldering the slots lol

[Scenic]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

What happened to all your PCI slots? Weird looking board.

its a server-version. you could plug in a riser card and put 1 or 2 pci cards into the riser, so they are in parallel to the board (reducing the height for 19" rack mount servers).

[Newbie2]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

Remove the caps and then look at their rating.

[yonu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

can't lol they way the caps are made the rating is cut off

[kc8adu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

mine even had a place for isa.
yes i added the slot.

[yonu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

any chance you have the valuses for the caps i posted the pic of?

[kc8adu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

likely 1000@6.3
mine is the full desktop version.so cant be sure.

[yonu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

is there anyway to find out for sure i plan to put it back in service til i get them since it was running however i would like to get them changed

Thanks,
yonu

[yonu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

quick question I know they are 6.3v as that isn't cut off if i cahnge them with 1000 as you said that was what you said yours were should I expect and adverse affects if they were a different rating?

Thanks,
yonu

[Newbie2]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

If they are just a little lower (1200uf vs. 1000uf) then nothing bad should happen, and it should work fine. If the values are changed too much (2200uf vs. 1000uf), then if may not function properly.

Try removing one of the bad capacitors, and check the rating on it. Sometimes, how they're placed on the motherboard can make finding their ratings somewhat difficult.

[gdement]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

I don't know this board, but the caps should be similar to other Gigabytes of the period. I have a different (slightly older) dual socket-370 Gigabyte board that had these sizes on it:

1500uF 6.3V 10mm
1200uF 6.3V 10mm
1000uF 10V 8mm
330uF 25V 10mm

Hard to tell from the photo but the ones you marked look like 8mm caps. If so then I guess my list doesn't help, as the only 8mm I had were 10v.

[kc8adu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

they look like 8mm to me too.
1000@6.3
even if you have 10v caps i makes no difference as they are on a max of 5v

[yonu]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

ok thanks guess that is what i will go pic up then

thanks

[chipper]

Re: GA-6vTXDR v1.1 help

quick question I know they are 6.3v as that isn't cut off if i cahnge them with 1000 as you said that was what you said yours were should I expect and adverse affects if they were a different rating?

Thanks,
yonu

Quick resolve. They are probably 1200uF x 6.3v , but you could remove 1 and have 2 replacements ready for installation and metering to see if they are very different or not. Measure the removed cap , and compare it to the 1000uF x 6.3v , then compare the removed cap to the 1200uF x 6.3v cap and go with whichever one is closest to the original measurement.

I would go with the 1200uF x 6.3 as most I have pulled from units are 1200uF x 6.3 not 1000uF which are usually signal board caps and thinner in length. Obviously different.